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BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification News

The E39 M5 is the camera car in the video and it belongs to BimmerBoost member Omni. You may remember his E39 M5 from an article last month detailing how he went from a supercharged S62 V8 to swapping in an S52 inline-6 six and turbocharging it.
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BimmerBoost member IMHOWTFFTW recently added some performance parts to his F82 M4 and got the car dyno'd before and after. He purchased the Active Autowerke Active-8 S55 tuning module and also added Zima ceramic downpipes to improve the engine breathing.
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The new Volkswagen MKVII GTI is showing some pretty impressive performance when tuned. Members on VWBoost are already over 300 wheel horsepower with bolt ons which is certainly respectable when one takes into account the vehicle has a 2.0 liter turbo four-cylinder rated at 200 horsepower from the factory.
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Was able to finally get our 135i up on the dyno today for a little tuning with the new MOTIV kit. Overall, the kit is pretty impressive. Build quality is top notch and everything fits/works as expected. Before I go any further I should mention that BMS works with ALL turbo kit manufactures. So I don't want this to turn into a kit A vs kit B crap fest. I've been very happy with the FFTEC top mount kit on the car and switched over to the MOTIV kit because it struck me as elegantly simplistic and once I saw the design I just had to try it out for myself. Plus, I've known Jake & Bobby for years now and know they only do top notch work.
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A very interesting video here here. On one side we have the previous generation BMW E63 M6 which sports the renowned naturally aspirated 5.0 liter S85 V10. In stock form the motor puts out 507 horsepower and 384 lb-ft of torque. Not a slouch but it is no longer able to out muscle the modern German turbocharged V8 powerplants.
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Rolls Royce will produce an SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle). Why? Because there is money in it of course. Rolls Royce chief executive Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes and chairman Peter Schwarzenbauer penned a letter announcing to the world that Rolls Royce would produce a vehicle that can cross any terrain.
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Active Autowerke has been in the business of BMW performance for over 30 years. One of our specialties includes developing BMW software that brings your BMW’s performance to new heights. We are happy to introduce our newest addition to our BMW software line-up, the Active-8 Tuning Box. With this direct plug-in BMW performance part, you can expect to experience 50+WHP gains and 47+ft-lbs of torque.
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Fabspeed launched their Valvetronic exhaust system for the F80 M3 as well as F82/F83 M4 vehicles equipped with the turbocharged S55 inline-6 motor. The Fabspeed system is a full downpipe back exhaust with integrated muffler valves that mount to the factory actuator system retaining the factory valve functionality.
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Alpina does an admirable job filling the gaps in the BMW lineup. No BMW M7? Well, Alpina offers the B7. No all wheel drive M6? In comes in Alpina to the rescue with their 2016 B6 xDrive Gran Coupe offering 600 horsepower and 590 lb-ft of torque from a 4.4 liter twin turbo V8.
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Squeezing power out of a motor already offering 100 horsepower per liter is not easy. Namely when that motor is naturally aspirated and one can not simply just increase boost pressure. It takes some real tuning skill to extract those last bits of power left on the table (and do so safely).
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Something has been brewing behind the scenes at Dinan for some time now. We do not have the full details or reasons behind this change although whatever went on was big enough for Steve Dinan to leave his position at the head of the company he founded for a yet to be named position at Chip Ganassi Racing.
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Active Autowerke has been in the business of BMW performance for over 30 years. One of our specialties includes developing BMW software that brings your BMW’s performance to new heights. We are happy to introduce our newest addition to our BMW software line-up, the Active-8 Tuning Box. With this direct plug-in BMW performance part, you can expect to experience 75+WHP gains and 68+ft-lbs of torque.
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The first batch of our new silicone intake tubes for the N54 are now available! Orders can be placed on our website or via email to Sales@vargasturbo.com. There are only 20 units available which will be sold on a first come first serve basis with priority given to current owners of a VTT Stage 2 or 2+ turbo upgrade.
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Very nice runs here showing the two different M engine era philosophies going at it. On paper, this should be a pretty good race depending on what kind of race it is of course. The S55 turbo inline-6 in the F82 M4 offers much more low end grunt whereas the S85 V10 in the E60 M5 is a high revving top end horsepower design.
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